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My first week in NZ was spent working at the university here – a strange experience I have to say. I spent 14 years at this university, including six on staff, but apart from a couple of hours over the … Continue reading →

I spent my first few days in NZ at (my sister) Michelle and Jeremy’s place, which including meeting my new niece Victoria for the first time and experiencing my nephew Thom’s third birthday party. Lots of fun.

I’ve been pretty quiet here for the past few weeks, but have been accumulating some interesting articles that I’ve wanted to comment on. I’ll try to catch up in the next few days, but here’s one that got my attention … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s NZ Herald reported S&P’s decision to maintain NZ’s current AA+ credit rating. The detail is interesting though – New Zealand’s current account deficit widened to about 9.7 per cent of GDP in the June year, from an already high … Continue reading →

My ComEd power bill provides a interesting summary of the environmental impact of power usage. Apparently 88% of my electric power comes from nuclear and 9% from coal. The rest is from biomass and natural gas. Each 1000 kWh of … Continue reading →

Barack Obama is a US Senator from Illinois who has been touted as a possible presidential candidate for 2008. A couple of interested quotes have turned up in the past few days, one about him on the PBS News Hour … Continue reading →

Keith Olbermann is a news commentator on US cable TV network MSNBC. He can be pretty scathing in criticising people he disagrees with and tends to come across as a bit overbearing. However, generally I think he is a sharp … Continue reading →

While I’m on the subject of YouTube, last I remembered a car advertisement I had seen, oh I don’t know – maybe a year ago, that I thought was brilliant. I figured it might be on YouTube (I don’t remember … Continue reading →

When I need to unwind and laugh a bit late at night I often seem to find myself watching Jon Stewart on YouTube.com – I’m not sure that everything he says qualifies as “whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever … Continue reading →

This is shocking, but in no way surprising to me. An article on cnn.com about the chances of the Democrats taking Ohio in the mid-term elections quotes a 77 year old Republican voter expressing concern about Iraq – “I was … Continue reading →